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  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
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  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Matthias Beller is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Their research spans a wide range of specialized areas including Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

The scientist's work often focuses on key topics such as Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis, Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis.

Some of the recent research papers by Matthias Beller include:

  • Recent Developments for the Deuterium and Tritium Labeling of Organic Molecules (2022, Chemical Reviews)
  • Catalytic reductive aminations using molecular hydrogen for synthesis of different kinds of amines (2020, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • Recent Advances in Catalytic Hydrosilylations: Developments beyond Traditional Platinum Catalysts (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol under mild conditions (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)

Frequent co-authors of Matthias Beller include:

  • Kathrin Junge
  • Helfried Neumann
  • Henrik Junge
  • Ralf Jackstell
  • Anke Spannenberg

Publication venues where Matthias Beller has often contributed include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (32 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (27 publications)
  • Catalysis Science & Technology (16 publications)
  • Chemical Science (15 publications)
  • Nature Communications (13 publications)

Matthias Beller's work is recognized within academic circles, as evidenced by awards such as the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina membership granted in 2009 in the field of Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Using carbon dioxide as a building block in organic synthesis

    Qiang Liu;Lipeng Wu;Ralf Jackstell;Matthias Beller

  • Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reactions of aryl halides and related compounds.

    Anne Brennführer;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • Recent Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions in the Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical, and Fine Chemical Industries

    Christian Torborg;Matthias Beller

  • Metal-Initiated Amination of Alkenes and Alkynes.

    Thomas E. Müller;Matthias Beller

  • Transition Metals for Organic Synthesis

    Matthias Beller;Carsten Bolm

  • Sustainable Metal Catalysis with Iron: From Rust to a Rising Star?

    Stephan Enthaler;Kathrin Junge;Matthias Beller

  • Synthesis of Heterocycles via Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylations

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • Catalytic Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov functionalization of alkenes and alkynes: recent developments and trends.

    Matthias Beller;Jayasree Seayad;Annegret Tillack;Haijun Jiao

  • Nanoscale Fe2O3-based catalysts for selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes to anilines.

    Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh;Annette-Enrica Surkus;Henrik Junge;Marga-Martina Pohl

  • Bridging homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis by heterogeneous single-metal-site catalysts

    Xinjiang Cui;Wu Li;Pavel Ryabchuk;Kathrin Junge

  • Progress in hydroformylation and carbonylation

    Matthias Beller;Boy Cornils;Carl D. Frohning;Christian W. Kohlpaintner

  • Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Storage in Formic Acid and Alcohols.

    Katerina Sordakis;Conghui Tang;Lydia K. Vogt;Henrik Junge

  • Palladacycles as Structurally Defined Catalysts for the Heck Olefination of Chloro‐ and Bromoarenes

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Christoph Brossmer;Karl Öfele;Claus-Peter Reisinger

  • Catalysts for Cross‐Coupling Reactions with Non‐activated Alkyl Halides

    Anja C. Frisch;Matthias Beller

  • Formic acid as a hydrogen storage material – development of homogeneous catalysts for selective hydrogen release

    Dörthe Mellmann;Peter Sponholz;Henrik Junge;Matthias Beller

  • Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling reactions between Ar–X and carbon nucleophiles

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • The Catalytic Amination of Alcohols

    Sebastian Bähn;Sebastian Imm;Lorenz Neubert;Min Zhang

  • Heterogenized cobalt oxide catalysts for nitroarene reduction by pyrolysis of molecularly defined complexes

    Felix A. Westerhaus;Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh;Gerrit Wienhöfer;Marga-Martina Pohl

  • Low-temperature aqueous-phase methanol dehydrogenation to hydrogen and carbon dioxide

    Martin Nielsen;Elisabetta Alberico;Wolfgang Baumann;Hans-Joachim Drexler

  • Efficient Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid Using an Iron Catalyst

    Albert Boddien;Albert Boddien;Dörthe Mellmann;Felix Gärtner;Ralf Jackstell

Frequent Co-Authors

Helfried Neumann
Helfried Neumann Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Kathrin Junge
Kathrin Junge Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Xiao-Feng Wu
Xiao-Feng Wu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Ralf Jackstell
Ralf Jackstell Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Annegret Tillack
Annegret Tillack University of Rostock
Anke Spannenberg
Anke Spannenberg Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Alexander Zapf
Alexander Zapf University of Rostock
Stephan Enthaler
Stephan Enthaler Universität Hamburg
Shoubhik Das
Shoubhik Das University of Bayreuth
Man Kin Tse
Man Kin Tse University of Rostock

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